Joaquin

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002621
MRDS ID A015058
Record type Site
Current site name Joaquin
Related records 10210018

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.22905, 62.84944 (WGS84)
Relative position USGS MF-363, Loc. 14. Approximately 4,000 ft. SE of Mt. Joaquin summit.; Accurate within 2,000 ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Takotna River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 176
USGS model code 27
Deposit model name Disseminated epithermal mercury antomony

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.22905, 62.84944

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Cinnabar is in monzonite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name McGrath

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Bundtzen and Laird, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Epithermal vein?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Powers, M.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Huber, D.F. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Miller, M.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.